Jungle Fever
One mile down and I still have all my limbs. Enthuiasm level = high. How is it that guidebooks make things that probably aren’t a good idea sound like a good idea? Case in point: The Kalaulau Trail....
View ArticleReunited and it feels so good…
Okay, are you ready for this? Are you seated? This blog post is coming to you from my new old computer!!!! Me, a broken motherboard (which I'm willing to let go of and sell to you for a bargain price...
View ArticleYawn!
I’m tired. And drained. And ready for bed at 8pm, except The Simpsons are on and then The Celebrity Apprentice, and I will no doubt stay up to watch. (Side note: Second wind is upon me, and I’m...
View ArticleSo, you want to be a half-millionaire?
So I saw that the ‘best job in the world (caretaker of an Australian island for six months for the paltry pay of $150,000 AUS) winner was announced. And it wasn’t me. See, what did I tell you?...
View ArticleLet’s pretend it’s last week…
I’m back! Back in the US, back home, and back in an electronically connected kind of way. At least for now. Highlighting the smallness of the train compartment...and the greasiness of my forehead....
View ArticleParis Redux
Okay, sorry about that. Between the crazy pregnancy stories and the planetarium flashbacks, I managed to overly postpone my plans to tell you about my time in Paris. So, I got there Wednesday -a week...
View ArticleIf you’re as old as you feel…
then I’m somewhere in my early seventies. Or whatever age it is that you are officially way too old for amusement parks. I spent the day today at HersheyPark for the first time in at least fifteen and...
View ArticleWhat’s Been Going On
Not to be confused with the Marvin Gaye song of a similar but slightly different title, I am obsessed with the Amos Lee tune (particularly the live version) “What’s Been Going On.” I can do a decent...
View ArticleAbout as ghetto as it gets
I like to save a buck. Outside the 'bus terminal': taken about the time I started to realize what I'd gotten myself into. This is a nice way of saying that – about certain things – I am as cheap as...
View ArticleTurn and face the strain
You know that old adage about “the more things change, the more they stay the same”? Well, that is complete and total bullshit. I've decided to let my hair do as it will: let its freak flag fly. The...
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